At Chen Lin's words, unwillingness showed on Zhou Jing's face.
He immediately fell to his knees and said, "I have failed you as your disciple by not revealing my true identity. Please punish me, Master!"
Chen Lin raised an eyebrow.
"What true identity?"
He had actually lost interest in the matter, but since Zhou Jing was willing to talk, there was no harm in listening.
Zhou Jing drew a breath and said solemnly, "I am actually a transgressor."
After saying this, he stole a glance at Chen Lin.
Chen Lin remained expressionless and asked mildly, "What is a transgressor?"
His reaction left Zhou Jing somewhat puzzled.
But he dared not show anything else and could only continue answering.
"Master, I actually crossed over from another world, and I retained the memories of my previous life."
"Oh, so you took over someone else's body."
Chen Lin nodded along.
"It wasn't body-snatching."
Zhou Jing hastened to explain.
"My situation is different from body-snatching. I didn't occupy someone else's body later in life. I was born with memories of a past existence, with the experiences of another lifetime."
"Then you awakened your previous life's memories when you reincarnated."
Chen Lin nodded again.
He continued, "Such things are rare, but not unheard of. What sort of mighty figure were you in your previous life?"
Zhou Jing pondered for a moment, then shook his head.
"Master, although I reincarnated, my situation differs from that of powerful cultivators who deliberately enter reincarnation. I died a normal death in my last life, then was born into this world. And the place I lived in before wasn't a cultivation world, but somewhere called Primal Star."
When he mentioned Primal Star, Zhou Jing glanced at Chen Lin again.
But Chen Lin's face remained calm, betraying nothing.
He could only